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  1. That would make it a damn expensive hobby on Does Your Employer Own Your Thoughts? · · Score: 1

    but you could be right.

  2. They offered him two million dollars in 1996 on Does Your Employer Own Your Thoughts? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    which is damn generous for an IDEA.

    Had he a prototype then I could see him holding out - but he had to be greedy.

    The smart man would have jumped on that immediately and ran with the loot.

  3. Open Source his toupe on Open Source a National Security Threat · · Score: 1

    It would have to be an improvement.

  4. Umm, perhaps this is not the best analog... on Joe Trippi Interviewed · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... for Open Source.

    Seeing how Dean got his ass KICKED and all that.

  5. Forget applications - how about FORMATS on Dan Bricklin on Software That Lasts 200 Years · · Score: 1

    Data formats should last 200 years. Hey I'd be happy with a decade.

    The application itself is almost irrelevant if that were the case.

  6. I suppose the same kind of thing happened to... on Atomic Veterans Speak Out · · Score: 1

    ...British, French, Russian and Chinese...

    But then again it isn't nearly as fun to criticize them.

  7. And specifically WHY should I trust YOU? on An Online ID Registry · · Score: 1

    Seriously?.

  8. Re:Fat chance in a nation in which.... on USA PATRIOT Act Survives Amendment Attempt · · Score: 1

    I would not compare a few thousand illiterate foriegn fighters with several million armed to the teeth Americans, many of whom (like myself) are former military.

    Would I take on the 3rd I.D. head to head in an battalion sized armor engagement? No way. But I sure as hell would meet them on the streets of Philly, one on one.

  9. Re:Fat chance in a nation in which.... on USA PATRIOT Act Survives Amendment Attempt · · Score: 1

    True that!

  10. Fat chance in a nation in which.... on USA PATRIOT Act Survives Amendment Attempt · · Score: 1

    ...the citizenry has more weaponry than most countries armed forces.

    That isn't to say that things aren't getting ugly: The US today is more polarized than in any time since the Civil War.

  11. Refuse the IT guys overtime... on Microsoft's Midlife Crisis · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...when they work nights and weekends patching wormed systems.

  12. Re:300k Per Employee? on Microsoft's Midlife Crisis · · Score: 1

    >> Cut paternity leave... ... now add $500K for every time you get sued and lose (which will be everytime if you believe in the FMLA).

  13. Pascal - all of it on Favorite Programming Language Features? · · Score: 1

    I love(d) Pascal. It was simply the coolest bestest language going.

    Sure Kernighan likes to bash Pascal... says it isn't suitable for serious system level programming.... but then again how does he explain MacOS?

    Ah well I am a C++ java type like everyone else these days.... but I love Pascal still.

  14. Well, ISDN is pretty expensive... on Does Your Company Pay For Broadband? · · Score: 1

    ...esp for the lame speeds you get.

    A two second call setup and connect - O Joy.

    Not that speed is the point here, but I figured I'd say it anyway.

  15. About half of retail theft is by Employees on Best Buy Says Customers Not Always Right · · Score: 1

    Or so I watched on a special about shoplifting.

    I wonder - do they have cameras and theft security in their back areas? (They should.)

  16. Re:Thank the gods this isn't England... YET on Best Buy Says Customers Not Always Right · · Score: 1

    Horse shit! At Harrod's I waited patiently to get crappy service, overcharged, and to have my bag checked twice on the way to the bathroom - which I had to pay to enter.

    But hey atleast the john was clean unlike the rest of the filthy public loos on that rainy god forsaken island.

  17. "I only tipped for good service" on Best Buy Says Customers Not Always Right · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This coming from a dwarf tosser.

    Clue: tipping is really not optional. While you may subscribe to the tightwad's notion that it is, rest assured that you are wrong.

    In case you didn't know Aussies are generally regarded as vying for the lead in assholedom.... slightly edged out by the French. (Atleast the French tip.)

    Perhaps you should ask yourself why you had more problems in one week than I have in a year. The common denominator in your experience is you.

    And they say Americans have a false sense of entitlement. From your post sounds like we aren't the only ones....

    PS Atkins is for fatties who rue the thought of jogging 20 minutes a day.

  18. PATCHED on Dept. of Homeland Security Says to Stop Using IE · · Score: 1

    http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/ats-ap_tech nology10jul02,0,3417358.story?coll=sns-technology- headlines

  19. Re:Even more terrifying... on 'Satan' Missile Now Launches Satellites · · Score: 1

    I have been following the news.... just in case you are incapable of picking up on some obvious sarcasm...

  20. BS! Uranus is more interesting! on Cassini-Huygens Reaches Orbit Around Saturn · · Score: 1


    But then again Uranus has some pretty lame moons... harharhar

  21. Re:It's scary what the USSR could have done with t on 'Satan' Missile Now Launches Satellites · · Score: 1

    Hell, ***France*** could turn much of the US (or any other nation) into a parking lot.

    Not that the weapons weren't powerful... but let's put things into perspective.

  22. Re:MX on 'Satan' Missile Now Launches Satellites · · Score: 3, Informative

    This COld Warism arose because of the role each missile played.

    The early SS-18 was not accurate enough to use in a counterforce role. It had to be used against cities (or very soft military targets). It was also sometimes fitted with a very large single warhead - again for use against population: hence the name. Later MIRV'd versions improved accuracy considerably and were suitable for use against ICBM's... but by then the thing was already named.

    Peacekeeper on the otherhand was a counterforce weapon from the start. While it could be used against cities, the hardened launchers, relatively "low" yield warhead (something like 50??? kilotons - still way more then enough to make any city a less than desireable parcel of real estate), and accurate RV was meant to survive a first strike AND inflict devasation on the enemies ability to make war. This deterrent gave rise to the name.

    Also, when it comes to nuclear war, name calling is probably the least of our problems....

  23. Re:Even more terrifying... on 'Satan' Missile Now Launches Satellites · · Score: 1

    I guess that explains why India, Russia, Israel, Turkey, Spain, Indonesia, and Japan are targets also.

  24. Re:Congratulations.... on Fingerprint Scanners Still Easy to Fool · · Score: 1

    Now flip the paper over and lay it on the screen....

  25. Congratulations.... on Fingerprint Scanners Still Easy to Fool · · Score: 1

    ...you just presented a *mirror image* of a finger print to the scanner.

    Don't know if this will make a difference of not - but I suspect it might.

    It would suck to have your finger lopped off - but even worse so to have it lopped off by an idiot.